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Air accident monthly bulletin August 2012

The monthly bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 9 August 2012

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Air Accident Monthly Bulletin August 2012

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August Bulletin 8/2012

Special Bulletins / Interim Reports

This section contains Special Bulletins and Interim Reports that have been published since the last AAIB monthly bulletin.

• Special Bulletin S3/2012 EC225 LP Super Puma (G-REDW), investigation update, 20 nm east of Aberdeen, 10 May 2012

AAIB Field Investigations

A field investigation is an independent investigation in which AAIB investigators collect, record and analyse evidence.

The process may include, attending the scene of the accident or serious incident; interviewing witnesses; reviewing documents, procedures and practices; examining aircraft wreckage or components; and analysing recorded data.

The investigation, which can take a number of months to complete, will conclude with a published report.

Commercial Air Transport - Fixed wing

• Piper PA-31-325 (G-BWHF), controlled flight into terrain, Long Mountain near Welshpool Airport, Wales on 18 January 2012

General Aviation - Fixed wing

• Beech 95-B55 (N7148R), landing gear malfunction, Exeter Airport, 22 October 2011

• Socata TB10 Tobago (G-RIAM), electrical overheating, near Coventry on 27 July 2011

AAIB Correspondence Investigations

These are reports on accidents and incidents which were not subject to a Field Investigation.

They are wholly, or largely, based on information provided by the aircraft commander in an Aircraft Accident Report Form (AARF) and in some cases additional information from other sources.

The accuracy of the information provided cannot be assured.

Commercial Air Transport

• Cessna 421 (G-HIJK), nose landing gear collapse on landing, Bournemouth Airport, 16 May 2012

General Aviation

• Cessna 172S Skyhawk (G-SHSP), bounced/hard landing, Sleap Aerodrome, Shropshire, 13 April 2012

• EAA Biplane (G-BBMH), aircraft damaged during ground power checks, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, 15 April 2012

• Europa (G-BYJI), pilot’s door opened in flight on 28 April 2012

• Europa XS (G-WIKI), bounced landing, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire, 6 May 2012

• Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar (G-OOGA), crashed on takeoff, Andrewsfield Airfield, Essex on 6 January 2011

• Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee (G-ZZIJ) and DH82A Tiger Moth (G-AMTF); ground collision; Lashenden (Headcorn) Aerodrome, Kent; 1 April 2012

• Rans S6-116 Coyote II (G-BWWP), engine failure after takeoff, Old Park Farm, near Port Talbot, 15 April 2012

• Reims Cessna FA152 Aerobat (G-MPBH), forced landing following engine failure, 11 nm south-west of RAF Kinloss, 28 April 2012

• SA341G Gazelle 1 (G-WDEV), crashed during landing, Salisbury, Wilsthire, 10 January 2012

• Vans RV-8 (G-HILZ), runway overrun on landing, airstrip near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 21 April 2012

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Cameron Z-350 (G-CCSA), struck trees during landing, 8nm south of Bath, 6 April 2012

• Gemini Flash IIA (G-MVPI), tipped onto its side whilst landing at Perth Airport, 24 May 2012

• Mainair Blade (G-CBXV), undershot the runway, Northrepps Airfield, 9 May 2012

• Scheibe SF25C Falke (G-BPZU), collision with trees during landing, West Sussex, 29 May 2012

• Skyranger 912(2) (G-CCTR), gear collapse on landing, Pound Green Airstrip, Bewdley, Worcestershire, 26 March 2012

• Thruster T600N (G-CBIO), carburettor icing and forced landing, near Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 17 January 2012

Published 9 August 2012